Exhort

exhort







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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)[+to-v]



          1.    規勸;告誡

                      I exhorted him not to drink too much.

                      我力勸他不要過度飲酒。

          2.    敦促;激勵

                      The general exhorted his men to fight bravely.

                      將軍激勵他的士兵要勇敢作戰。



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    規勸;告誡





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–verb (used with object) 

1. to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently. 

–verb (used without object) 

2. to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings. 

—Synonyms 

1, 2. encourage, spur, press, goad.





　Spotted exhorting patients in a nursing home ("Live forever! Don't die!"), he's summoned by a Marilyn Monroe look-alike (a luminous Samantha Morton) to a commune in the Scottish Highlands "only for people like us... where everyone is famous, and no one ages."





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